Bournemouth's Harry Arter has revealed how the death of his baby daughter helped inspire his pre-match pep-talk to his team-mates against Manchester United.

Arter, opening up for the first time since the stillborn death of Renee seven weeks ago, stepped out onto the field at the Vitality Stadium just two days after experiencing out any parent's worst nightmare.

Speaking to the Guardian , Arter revealed the emotional words he conjured up at one of the toughest moments of his life.

He used his speech to say: “Listen, I’ve experienced how short a life can be, what’s happened to my little baby could happen to someone in this team, so make sure you give everything today because these football moments are not going to last forever, and what I’ve learned from this experience is that life can end at any second.”

...who remained a close friend through the trauma (Image: Action Images via Reuters / Tony O'Brien)

Arter found out about the loss after a quick walk to the car to pick up his partner Rachel's overnight bag, but returned to the hospital bed to find her sobbing.

He says that he does not how she dealt with the trauma.

“She stayed there the whole night knowing she was still going to have to give birth naturally to our baby that hadn’t made it. And for her to do that… it’s the most respect I’ll ever have for anyone," he said.

Back in business: Arter netted in a recent match against West Ham... (Image: AFP/Getty)

...and continues to help his side towards Premier League survival (Image: AFP/Getty)

The following days remained incredibly tough for Arter. Despite playing in the match against United, he continued to struggle.

He says that he was in darker place in the days following the match with United, as the pain of losing his daughter continued to hurt him.

The cause of Renee's death remains unknown and they continue to wait for the full results of the postmortem.

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“It’s a feeling I cannot describe. It was horrible. It was just tears constantly flowing. The days afterwards – and I said this to Rachel – honestly felt like years. They were the longest days of my life. It was just hard seeing Rachel so upset."

Arter wants to begin to move on with his life but paid tribute to football fans around the world who sent him messages of condolences.

He believes he read over 3,000 messages, including well wishes from Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane.